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Police said Saturday that have arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly stealing 1.8 million yen in cash in Ginza on Friday. The man had claimed that two men robbed him.
According to a TV Asahi report, the man, an employee at a precious metal dealership, told police he was taking the money in a bag to the bank at about 10:45 a.m., when a voice called out to him from behind. He told police that when he turned, two men were there and that one of them struck him on the face with a bar, and took the bag.
However, police said Saturday that surveillance cameras showed no one approaching the man. Upon further questioning, the man admitted that he made the story up and had stashed the money in his car parked nearby. He told police he injured his face himself to make it look real, TV Asahi reported. He was quoted as saying that he needed the money.
© Japan Today
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MeanRingo
Busted!
some14some
jeweler? whose ad often appears on JT? yes, probably.
CrazyJoe
Is he a sock puppet?
nath
Priceless!
Ash 'Vanguard' Baker
well done
ExportExpert
Dickhead of the week award goes to this goose.
seesaw1
LOL.
gogogo
He didn't rob hmself he stole the money from his company by making up a story.
Elbuda Mexicano
This guy don't sound too bright there! Doh??
naruhodo1
Nice try
WilliB
Darwin strikes again!
Foxie
If you want to do a crime, then do it right or don't do it all.
BlueWitch
Agree with Foxie!
nath
WOW he didnt remember the cameras???? what a DH
CrazyJoe
"Don't do the crime if you can't do the time." (Baretta's theme)
Vernie Jefferies
Oops....looks like someone forgot to hire some friends to do an actual robbery in front of a camera
Dennis Bauer
it would be more hilarious if he would know that the camera's where there
Chris Alvis
FAIL. I bet he felt like a champion admitting to making the whole thing up.
Gurukun
Bwahahahahaha....and then he got nothing out of it!! Hilarious!
MaboDofuIsSpicy
Funny man.
littlebear
@WilliB : I second that motion.
Tom DeMicke
Entertaining!